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CHANDIGARH:Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today felicitated former Indian football captain Gurdev Singh Gill for his contribution to the sport.

Gurdev Singh Gill felicitated

Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore felicitates Gurdev Singh Gill in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo



Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today felicitated former Indian football captain Gurdev Singh Gill for his contribution to the sport. 

The minister presented Gill, who missed the felicitation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the FIFA U-17 World Cup’s opening ceremony, with a cash award of Rs 5 lakh along with a shawl and a memento. 

Speaking after the ceremony, Gill, now based in Jallandhar, said he was happy with football’s progress as the FIFA U-17 World Cup attracted a lot of attention throughout the nation, especially among the youth and students. 

An Arjuna awardee, the 67-year-old Gill had captained the Indian team at the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games. 

Gill  played for Rajput High School, village Binjon, in district Hoshiarpur.He graduated from Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Mahilpur and represented the Indian football team while studying at SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur.

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